Otto Friedrich Bernhard von Linstow

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Born 17 October 1842(1842-10-17)
Itzehoe, Germany
Died 3 May 1942(1942-05-03) (aged 99)
Göttingen, Germany
Fields Zoology, Helminthology
Alma mater University of Kiel
Known for Compendium der Helminthology

Otto Friedrich Bernhard von Linstow 17 October 1842 – 3 May 1916) was a German high ranking medical officer (Oberstabsartz und Regimentsartz) and helminthologist. Von Linstow was born in Itzehoe north west of Hamburg he received his medical Ph.D. in 1864 at the University of Kiel and worked as military doctor in Hameln later in Göttingen where he was promoted to a major. He published his book Compendium der Helminthology in 1878 in Hannover. Von Linstow died 3. May 1916 in Göttingen.[1]

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